I am often critical of journalists, mostly because they nearly always get the story wrong in the cases I know the truth. However at least Mr Shoesmith has done the right thing, enlisted the co-operation of the people he is writing about and the expertise of Captain Fyne, to try and get it right.
I could not be accurately described as an airline pilot, or give meaningful answers to some of the questions. Otherwise I would be happy to help, to help give the most accurate programme possible.
However for balance can I ask if Mr Shoesmith has talked to the management at Easyjet, who have a flight-time limitation programme that they have devised under expert advice that is not compliant with the CAA's usual rules but is supposed to be safer? Considering some of the glaring anomalies in the rules under which I work, this might be an important addition.
Last edited by Life's a Beech; 19th Apr 2007 at 15:54.